linux-kernel - Re: [patch] netpoll: fix netpoll lockup

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Date:	Wed, 13 Dec 2006 08:00:53 +1100
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert.xu@...hat.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch] netpoll: fix netpoll lockup

On Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 05:20:42PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> the first half of it is still needed - find the delta patch ontop of 
> current -git below.

The unlock in the else branch is definitely needed.  However, since
queue_process is always run from process context we don't need the
IRQ disabling.

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